GPS jamming forces Finnair to suspend Helsinki–Tartu flights
Apr 2024 · Estonia · Official attribution
In late April 2024, two Finnair flights had to abort approaches to Tartu after GPS interference. Finnair then suspended the route for a month. On 8 May 2024, Estonia summoned Russia's chargé d'affaires, and its foreign minister called the jamming 'an element of Russia's hybrid activities'.
Established by. Estonian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, 8 May 2024 (summoning of Russian chargé d'affaires); joint Baltic foreign ministers' warnings (Apr 2024).
Latest. The wider issue was taken to ICAO, which in 2025 found recurring GNSS interference originating from Russia.
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